Maribor
Cerkve in samostani, Kultura & zgodovina, Vsa Doživetja

Church of St John the Baptist

In the middle of Slomšek Square in Maribor stands the church of St John the Baptist. The building of Romanesque conception today shows a predominantly Gothic character; its magnificent interior with the cross-ribbed vaulted central nave and the long choir are the most interesting architectural elements of this church space.

 

The whole picture is completed by the stone canopied sedilia, the statue of A.M. Slomšek and the choir stalls, which boast backrests with scenes from the life of John the Baptist depicted in relief.

 

Into the outer façades of the church numerous figural and heraldic tombstones are built, and at the edge of the park in front of the church front stands the monument to A.M. Slomšek, the first bishop of the Lavant diocese.

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